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APPLICATION FILED IAN. I3. I9I6L 1,21 1,441, Patented .1311.9, 1917. Erizlnz .5

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JOSEPH A. HAM, or APALAGHICOLA, FLORIDA.

TURPENTrNE-SCRAPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.`

Patented Jan. 9, 1917.

Application filed January 13, 1916. Serial N o. 71,895.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH A. HAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Apalacliicola, in the county of Franklin and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements vinl Turpentine- Scrapers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in scrapers, and more particularly to turpentine Scrapers.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a new and improved device of this character which is adapted for scraping pine trees in order to secure the accumulated rosin and pitch, and to catch the same to avoid the loss resulting from the scattering of the material on the ground.

A further object of the invention is t0 provide a device of this character which is simple and durable in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and one which will be very efficient in operation.

With these and numerous other objects in view, my invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts which will be herein referred toand more particularly pointed out in the specification and claim.

In the drawings z-Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved scraper showing one corner of the same broken away; Fig. 2 is a central vertical section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a central transverse section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4L is a perspective of the removable blade used in this device.

In describing my invention I shall refer to the drawings in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views and in which the numeral 1 designates the back plate of my device which is substantially rectangular in shape, and has projecting from the upper end of the same an upwardly'extending portion 2, the upper edge of which may be either formed with aV knife edge or have securely attached thereto a knife blade 3, as shown in the accompanying drawings. The opposite sides of the rectangular shaped back plate 1 have therethrough a series of spaced apertures ll, while the lower end of the same is also formed with a correspond- 4a downwardly projecting flange 9 that exten'dsentirely across the lower end of the back plate 1 and isalso provided with a series of spaced apertures which are adapted for alineinent with the apertures in the lower end of said back plate. The alining apertures in the flanges 7 and 9, and the back plate 1 are adapted Vto receive fastening s members 11 which in the accompanying drawings are shown in the shape of rivets which are adapted t0 securely and rmly hold these parts in position.

This device is provided with a handle 12 which has a shoulder 13 formed in its upper end. The lower end of the back plate 1 and a portion of the downwardly extending Vflange 9 of the semi-circular bottom are adapted to be positioned in engagement with the shouldered upper end of said handle, and are securely affixed thereto by means of fastening rivets 14; which extend through said flange and back plate. The portion of the handle that is engaged with the back plate of the device does not extend entirely across the same but is centrally positioned intermediate the sides, as clearly shown in Fig. 1V of the drawings.

By the above description, it will be seen that I have provided a simple and durable form of turpentine scraper which is adapted to remove the rosin and pitch that accumulates on pine trees when the blade 3 is scraped upwardly along said tree, and is also adapted to catch, inthe receptacle formed by the semi-cylindricalplate 6 and the bottom 5, all of the said rosin and pitch that drops from the tree. By this means the matter removed from the tree by this scraper is gathered-in a much cleaner state than the old method where it was scraped from the tree and allowed to fall to the ground.

The use'of my improved form of scraper will prevent any portion ofthe turpentine scraped from the tree from touching the ground and consequently no trash or dirt is gathered up with the same, Which Will therefore make it of a higher grade. Should the knife blade 3 that is attached to the upper edge of the projecting portion 2 of the plate l become Worn, the same may be easily reinoved and a sharp blade substituted there- From the foregoing description of the construction of my improved device, the manner of applying the same to use and the operation thereof will be readily understood, and it Will be seen that I have provided a simple, inexpensive and eicient means for carrying out the objects of the invention.

I claim A turpentine scraper comprising a onepiece rectangular back plate of sheet metal, a rigid blade secured to and extending throughout the Width of one end of said plate, a handle secured to the other end of said plate, a sheet metal front plate bent into semi-cylindrical shape in cross section and having its longitudinal edges secured to the longitudinal edges of the back plate, the semi-cylindrical shape of said front plate serving to reinforce the entire back plate to prevent longitudinal bending thereof When the blade is being forced against a tree, and a sheet metal bottom plate fitting snuglybetween the inner ends of the front and back plates and secured at its rear edge to the inner end of said back plate to prevent transverse bending thereof, said bottom plate also serving to prevent the front plate from collapsing under strain.

`In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOSEPH A. HAM. Witnesses JAS. H. ALLEN, V2B. S. COLE. l

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